IMATYC Business Meeting Minutes
October 13, 2017
Iowa Western Community College
· The meeting was called to order at 12:20 p.m. by
President Paul Miller
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Approval of 2016 minutes – Curtis Mitchell moved
to approve, David Gisch second. Motion
approved.
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Reports:
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Treasurer’s Report – A copy was provided to all
members. Randy Smith moved to
approve. David Gisch second. Motion approved.
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Iowa Pre-Calculus advisory board (Randy Smith) –
IPAC, a group composed of HS, AEA, CC, and Regents members, has put out
position papers. Copies of the
Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus were provided to members. Others are available on the website at https://sites.google.com/site/iowaprecalc/home
. Work on pedagogy in position
papers. Send comments to Randy at rrsmith@dmacc.edu and he will carry forward
to council. Also let him know if you
want to be involved.
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Nicole Lang
- Central Region Vice President, AMATYC,
October 13th was the last day to reserve a room for AMATYC,
San Diego at the hotel provided on conference website. Applications are due shortly for Mathematics
Excellence Award. This is Nicole’s last
year as the Central Region Vice President.
She will be replaced by Rochelle Beatty of Kansas on January 1st. Nicole asked use to consider donating to the
AMATYC hospitality room and/or Project Access.
Randy Smith moved to donate $50 to the Hospitality Room. Curtis Mitchell second. Motion approved.
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Old Business – no old business
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New Business
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AMATYC Delegates – 2018 conference Orlando, FL There are two types of AMATYC Delegates: State Delegates, currently Chris McClure and
Glen Day who will serve from Spring 2017 to Spring 2019 and Affiliate Delegate,
currently Curtis Mitchell. They will
attend delegate meetings at the 2017 conference in San Diego. 2018 delegates were discussed. Lori Robeson nominated Curtis Mitchell to be
the 2018 Affiliate Delegate, second by Annette Hamilton. Motion approved. It was discussed that if Chris McClure and
Glen Day will not be attending 2018 in Orlando, then a state proxy can serve
and be selected at 2018 IMATYC conference.
Randy Smith has volunteered to act as state proxy if needed.
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Paul Miller informed the group that Iowa Western
Community College had paid the expenses associated with bringing in our key
note speakers for the conference. He
suggested that a thank-you note be sent to the administration of IWCC from
IMATYC. Susan Harthun made a motion to
send a letter to IWCC with second by David Gisch. Motion approved.
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Election of Offices
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President (will serve as president and host the
IMATYC meeting during 2018)-Kubi Dagtoros, Ellsworth Community College. A secretary is needed for the 2018
conference. David Gisch made a motion to
nominate Brent Ries as secretary, second by Virginia Swenson. Motion approved.
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President Elect (will serve as president and
host the IMATYC meeting during 2019)-After much discussion, Susan Harthun
nominated David Gisch, second by Virginia Swenson. Motion approved.
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Secretary – Randy Smith nominated May
Shoomkamola. Second by Virginia Swenson.
Motion approved.
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Treasurer – Susan Harthun volunteered to remain
as treasurer. David Gisch made a motion
to nominate Susan Harthun. Second by
Randy Smith. Motion Approved. Susan mentioned that currently she is the
only person authorized on the IMATYC checking account. Curtis Mitchell moved to authorize Susan
Harthun to add Slav Sharapov to the checking account. David Gisch second. Motion approved.
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Members at Large – Discussion on the necessity
and role of the Members at Large was followed by: Susan Harthun nominated Lori Robeson. Curtis Mitchell second. Motion approved. David Busch nominated John Weber. Martin
Hilberg second. Motion approved.
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Meeting adjourned at 1:06 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted,
Lori Robeson
2017 IMATYC Secretary
